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Newark Days Newark Days 2025 | Sept 18-21 🎡
📅 Annual Celebration 🎉✨
👇Explore our website for more info! 🌐 Newark Days 2023 will be September 14-17 (Thursday-Sunday).

See newarkdays.org for schedule and event/vendor registration information. Newark Days is a four day festival held to commemorate the birthday of the City of Newark, California. It is held every year in September. Typical events at the celebration include a carnival, parade, food and game booths, the Newark Mile 4k race, live stage shows, car show, an arts, crafts & trade fair, a community information fair, and a variety of kid friendly activities including kids crafts and a coloring contest. These events and more are enjoyed by over 100,000 people every year. The festival is organized every year by Newark Days Celebration Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is made up entirely of volunteers. The volunteers of the Newark Days Committee work throughout the year to plan and execute all the events. In all, over 200 volunteers come together to make this a truly wonderful celebration of Newark's birthday. History:
The City of Newark has been celebrating its birthday, September 22, 1955 – annually since incorporation. A parade was at the heart of it – and old-timers remember when the City’s first Mayor, George Silliman’s car broke down and he walked the parade route down Thornton Avenue. Members of the Newark Chamber of Commerce – who later turned the festivities over to the Junior Chamber of Commerce, planned the early years of what is now called Newark Days. In the 60’s – a group called “Newark Birthday Celebration” was formed… The weekend events were held on the Newark Pavilion grounds, in the Newark High School auditorium and of course, the Thornton Avenue parade. The “Newark Birthday Celebration” dissolved at the end of the 60’s and for several years – the only celebration commemorating the City’s birthday was put on in Newark Community Park by the Newark Recreation Department – a one-day event with games and a birthday cake. In 1972 Shirley Sisk ran for City Council and in walking door-to-door during the campaign, the predominant question was – “when is the Newark birthday celebration coming back?”. Shirley and her husband Frank had volunteered and worked with the old “Newark Birthday Celebration”, so in the Summer of 1972 a meeting was called to see if there were enough volunteers to plan an event for that September. Interest was high and “Newark Days Celebration” was formed. The Newark Rotary offered to bring in a carnival and the committee put together food booths and games at the Pavilion. The weekend was a huge success. The next step was to form a nonprofit corporation. The original signers were: William & Bonnie Chivers, Robert Jaeger (Executive Director of the Newark Chamber of Commerce), Barbara Lane, Marilyn Rogers, Frank & Shirley Sisk, and John Fulgaro. From that small step Newark Days has grown from a weekend event to 4 days centered in the Newark Community Park & Community Center as well as the adjacent MacGregor School Grounds. The parade now goes down Newark Blvd, and ends on Cedar Blvd, a much longer walk if a car breaks down!

The sun has set. This chapter of Newark Days has come to a close.Save the date for September 16-19, 2027!
09/21/2026

The sun has set. This chapter of Newark Days has come to a close.

Save the date for September 16-19, 2027!

09/21/2026
09/21/2026
Another page has turned, but the adventure is far from over. Newark Days Celebration 🎉 has some amazing surprises and e...
09/20/2026

Another page has turned, but the adventure is far from over. Newark Days Celebration 🎉 has some amazing surprises and events still to come in this final chapter of 2026!

📅 Sunday Sept. 20th
🕓 Opening at 11am
📍 35501 Cedar Blvd. Newark, CA 94560

➡️➡️➡️SWIPE➡️➡️➡️
FULL SCHEDULE

🔗 www.newarkdays.org 🔗





The page has turned, and now we venture towards Friday. 🎉 Newark Days Celebration - Adventure is just a page away, and w...
09/18/2026

The page has turned, and now we venture towards Friday. 🎉

Newark Days Celebration - Adventure is just a page away, and we are just warming up 🎊

📅 Sept. 18th
🕖 Opening at 5pm
📍35501 Cedar Blvd. Newark, CA 94560

➡️➡️➡️SWIPE➡️➡️➡️
FULL SCHEDULE

🔗 www.newarkdays.org 🔗





📢 The adventure has begun! 🎉🌟 GRAND OPENING TONIGHT! Newark Days Celebration 2026 - Adventure is just a page away 📖📅 Thu...
09/17/2026

📢 The adventure has begun! 🎉

🌟 GRAND OPENING TONIGHT!
Newark Days Celebration 2026 - Adventure is just a page away 📖

📅 Thurs. Sept 17th - Sun. 20th
🕖 Opens @ 5pm
📍35501 Cedar Blvd. Newark, CA 94560

➡️➡️➡️SWIPE➡️➡️➡️

Thursday:
• Opening night 🎉
• Carnival preview: $2 rides (Thurs. only) 🎢
• Food Festival food 🥙🥤
• B**r & W**e Pavillion 🍺🍷
• Live Dance performances (starting at 5:30pm) 💃🕺

Full schedule available
🔗 www.newarkdays.org 🔗




We are less than 1 week away from the opening day of Newark Days Celebration! 🎉 📖 Adventure is just a page away📅 Open...
09/11/2026

We are less than 1 week away from the opening day of Newark Days Celebration! 🎉

📖 Adventure is just a page away
📅 Opening Thurs. 9/17 - Sun. 9/20
📍 35501 Cedar Blvd. Newark, CA 94560
🎟 Free admission

➡️➡️ SWIPE ➡️➡️
📋 Full event & activity schedule posted

🔗 www.newarkdays.org 🔗

✅️ Plan your adventure to take advantage of all the fun, food, rides, music, shows, and so much more.


📢 NEW FOR 2026!Do not miss the Newark Days Celebration KIDS MARKETS pop-up! 🎉What is it? A kid-run arts, crafts, and bus...
09/10/2026

📢 NEW FOR 2026!

Do not miss the Newark Days Celebration KIDS MARKETS pop-up! 🎉

What is it?
A kid-run arts, crafts, and business booth market.

Helping kids learn through real opportunities to create, sell, and succeed - through hands on market experiences that build confidence, creativity, and life skills.

📅 Sunday Sept. 20th, 2026
🕐 11am - 3pm
📍 35501 Cedar Blvd. Newark, CA 94560

Additional info:
🔗 www.kidsmarkets.com/about 🔗



📢 Newark Mile: EARLY BIB PICKUP If you have registered for the Newark Mile, and would like to beat the crowds on race d...
09/09/2026

📢 Newark Mile: EARLY BIB PICKUP

If you have registered for the Newark Mile, and would like to beat the crowds on race day, then please attend...

📅 Sunday Sept. 13th 2026

🕐 12pm - 4pm

📍 35501 Cedar Blvd. Newark, CA 94560 (outside near Chapman Dr.)

📦 You will recieve:
● Race bib (w/ pins)
● timing chip
● Newark Mile t-shirt (if applicable)

Not registered yet?

Go to ➡️ 🔗 www.newarkmile.org 🔗

Fun run for the whole family. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️



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35501 Cedar Boulevard
Newark, CA
94560

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+15103203990

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